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Police Commander Arrested On Battery Charge
Associated Press
August 01, 2011
CHARLESTOWN, Ind.— State police say a top commander in a southern Indiana sheriff’s department has been arrested on domestic battery charges after his wife reported being beaten by him.
Troopers arrested Lt. Col. John Shelton of the Clark County Sheriff’s Department at his home in Charlestown early Sunday.
Clark County Sheriff Danny Rodden tells the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., (http://bit.ly/qL4ULJ ) that the 57-year-old Shelton is the department’s second-shift commander. The sheriff says Shelton spent the night in jail before being released without bail with orders from a judge to stay away from his wife.
Rodden says he plans to meet with Shelton on Monday to discuss the confrontation and decide what to do next.
Shelton couldn’t be reached for comment because no phone number was listed for him.
